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- W. W. BALDWIN.

METALLIO BED.

NO. 605,660. Patented June 14, 1898.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM W. BALDWIN, or CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR o THE oLEvE- LANDCOOPERATIVE s'rovE AND HOLLOW WARE FOUNDRY COMPANY,

OF SAME PLACE.

METALLIC BE'D.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 605,660, dated June 14,1 898.

I Ap umnn filed June 4, 1897. fierial No. 689,410. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. BALDWIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new anduseful Improvements in Metallic Beds; and

I do hereby declare the following to be a full,- clear, andexactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap and ornamental railadapted to surmount the ordinary straight side bar of a metal bed, andtherebyincrease the attractive appearance of the bed'and hold thebedding more neatly in place.

My improved bed-rail is adapted to be furnished separately and securedin a few min-' utes to the side bar of a proper-sized metal bed. Inorder that it may be made cheaply enough to be salable, I make it ofseveral cast sections, which engage with each other and are secured attheir upper edges to a substan- The invention consists of abed-railsomade. It consists also of certain features of construction for theefficient securing together of the parts of the rail or of the rail andthe bed, as hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims. I l

The drawings clearly disclose my invention.

' Figure 1 is a perspective view of a meta sents the four corner-postsof a metal bed,

and B the ordinary angle-iron side bar, the same being supported fromthe posts. The plates a may be secured'to posts A to hide the unionbetween said side bars and posts.

My improved additionalside rail (represented by 0) stands above and justoutside the bar B and is supported by that bar through the interventionof clips D, secured to the inthus it may be tightened to clasp thebed-post between itself'and the rail 0 or loosened to allow the removalof said rail.

The rail is made of several cast sections 0 c, which, with theexceptionof the end sections, are just alike. The end sections 0' are similar,but are frights and lefts. One of the intermediate sections 0 is shownin Fig. 4. Inthe bed shown there are four of these sections, though agreater or less number may be used, as circumstances render expedient.The sections are more or less nearly of the same thickness throughout,exceptthat at one end there are the lugs c 0 which may be somewhatthicker than the rest of the -metal and are offset from it, so that thelug c is adapted to lap in front and the lug c to extend behind theadjacent section when they are secured in place. The endof onev sectionover which the lug 0 laps is preferably beveled, as shown at c, to makea near junction. ,The sections aresecured by bolts and nuts G to ahorizontal bar H, which is preferably an angle-iron and which extendssubstantially from one end of the rail. to the other on its inner side.1 The lower line of the end sections 0 extends upward, as ate, so as toclear the plates a, while the upper line 0 also extends upward to moreefficiently brace the rail, to increase its attractiveness to the eye,and to furnish a support for the clamp E.

A rail of the above-described construction may be very cheaply made, butthree comparatively small patterns being necessary for the casting. Ihave found it practically impossible to cast the rail in one piece andmake it as light as desired, as themetalcools off before it has flowedthe great distance required. My rail is light, neat, and-at theloosened, the rail set over the side bar with its lower edge projectingon the outside of that bar, and the clips D extending on the inner sideof the bar. The clips E, which have been depending loosely, are thenturned up to be on the inner side of the posts A and are bolted tightlyin place by the thumb-nut f. The rail is then securely held in placeuntil a reversal of the operations causes its removal.

It will be seen that the rail may be conveniently removed temporarilyfor cleaning purposes, if desired.

I claim- 1. A side rail for a bed, adapted to be removably secured tothe bed, and consisting of a longitudinal bar having secured to itseparate contacting sections of metal, substantially as described.

2. A bed-rail composed of separate contacting sections of metal free attheir lower ends and bound together by a longitudinal bar, substantiallyas described.

3. A bed-rail composed of separate sections of metal secured at or neartheir upper ends to a longitudinal bar and having their lower ends free,said sections engaging with each other near their lower ends,substantially as described.

4. A bed-rail composed of a plurality of sections having lugs on one oftheir ends by which they are adapted to engage with their next neighbor,and a longitudinal bar to which they are all secured, substantially asdescribed.

5. A bed-rail composed of a plurality of sections secured near theirupper ends to a longitudinal bar, and some of said sections havingncartheir upper ends the lug c which extends over the next section, and nearthe lower ends the lug c which extends behind that section,substantially as described.

(5. A bed-rail composed of a plurality of sections secured to alongitudinal bar and having on its rear side clips adapted to engagewith the side bar of a metal bed, and having near its ends clips adaptedto engage with the bed-posts,substantially as described.

7. The combination with a bed having posts A and a side bar B, of aseparable rail engaging with and supported by the bar I and secured tothe posts A, substantially as described.

S. The combination with a bed having posts A and a side bar I), of aseparable rail embracing the said side bar between the lower edge of therail, and clips D carried on the inner side of the rail and embracingthe said posts between the ends of the rail and clips E carried on theinner side of the rail, substantially as described.

9. The combination with abed havingposls A, plates a and a side bar ll,of a separable rail C supported by the bar L and having its lower edgeextending upwardly at its ends to clear the plates a, said rail havingits upper edge extending upwardly at the ends and being secured to theposts at said upwardlyextending ends, substantially as described.

10. A section for a bed-rail, consisting of a body 0 having integrallythe lug 0 the lug c and the beveled portion 0 arranged substantially asshown.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM. W. BALDWIN.

\Vitnesses:

E. L. THURSTON, ALBERT II. Barns.

